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Vic Roads Herald Sun Tour 2003 - 2.3
Australia, October 16-26, 2003
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Stage 12 - October 25: Echuca, 34 kms
Johnson makes late challenge
By Rod Morris in Echuca
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American rider Tim Johnson may have left his run too late, but he will certainly have leader Luke Roberts watching him closely on the final day of the $120,000 VicRoads Herald Sun Tour cycling classic. Johnson (26) threw his hat into the ring ytoday in an action-packed 34 km criterium in the Murray River township of Echuca in Victoria's North.
Riding for the Action For Life team, Johnson and his Uruguayian teammate Hector Morales - who he had only met at the start in Melbourne on October 16 - staged a daring breakaway on the 29th of 40 laps and were never headed. Johnson was able to gain valuable time into Roberts' overnight lead and the last stage on the Mt Buninyong Australian Open circuit near Ballarat offers all sorts of possibilities.
Johnson will enter the final stage of 81.6 km, 39 seconds behind Roberts, while former Australian Under 23 champion Simon Gerrans (Malaysia Airlines) also closed the gap between he and the leader from 33 seconds to 25. Finland's Kjell Carlstrom (Europcar - Pelaco), who will win the Sprint Championship, is the only other rider in the field under the one minute barrier, at 45 seconds behind Roberts.
Johnson, who hails from Boston scored his second stage win of the tour to prove his class. Earlier in the week he won the tough climb from Horsham to Mt William and now adds a criterium win to his credit.
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"I didn't come to Australia carrying real good form, but the atmosphere in this tour and the staff that run it are great and as the tour has progressed, my form has got better," Johnson said. "I still expect Luke Roberts to win the race, but now that I'm this close, I have to give it my best shot."
Johnson said he intended to attack from the start of the final stage. "I'm having a blast and although I didn't really know what to expect, the whole experience has been so wonderful for me," he added. "Winning today's criterium was actually in our team's original plans and I would like to thank all my teammates, particular Hector Morales, he was simply sensational out in front with me."
Johnson and Morales ran one-two respectively in the final four intermediate sprints, as well as the attack to the finish line. The sprinting bunch could not reel them in and it was Brett Aitken (Rio Coffee) who led the peloton over the line some 15 seconds behind the Active For Life quinella.
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Held around a tight 850 m circuit on the edge of the mighty Murray River, riders were subjected to 16 intermediate sprints every second lap from the sixth lap onward. Gerrand showed his hand early, picking up five sprint wins, while Roberts could only manage one before the "Johnson-Morales Show" was put on full display.
Roberts did however manage eighth place, which gave him an extra 2 seconds bonus, which may prove valuable when the race ends tomorrow.
The remaining 74 riders of the original field of 85, face a tough day in the office at Mt Buninyong. The course includes eight laps of a 10.2 km circuit, highlighted by a Category 3 hill climb, which rises to 550 m above sea level. Each of the eight hill climbs will carry bonuses of 5, 3 and 2 seconds for the first three riders, while there will also be seven intermediate sprints with a further 3-2-1 second time bonuses. Put simply, the 2003 Herald Sun Tour is far from over.
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Roberts said he was not overly disappointed with his ride in the Echuca Criterium, but acknowledged that his lead was certainly not as significant as it had been 24 hours earlier. "I think the final day will be a game of cat and mouse and I'll have to watch more than one just rider, but obviously Simon Gerrans and Tim Johnson will be hard to beat," he said.
Johnson said he was flattered by Roberts' cautionary note. "I watched in awe when Luke and the rest of the Australian team smashed the world record in the pursuit in Germany and just to be in the same race as him is something special," he said. "To have him say he has to watch out for me is very flattering."
Johnson has another reason to perform well this week. Back home in America, his trade team - Saturn - has withdrawn funding for 2004. "I'm looking to break into a European team, so a good showing here certainly won't do my chances any harm, as the Herald Sun Tour has a good reputation around the world."
Roberts too will be looking to maintain his grip on the golden fleece. "My team in Germany is in Division Three and I would like to move up a notch if I can, so winning a UCI road race will be good, but I'm not over the line yet," Roberts said.
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Another incentive for Roberts will be to go one better than his father Wayne did in 1976, when he finished second to Peter Besanko, who this week is managing the Malaysia Airlines team. The last time Roberts had the pressure of going one better than his father was in the 2002 Tour of Tasmania, which he duly one, albeit by one second!
With the Herald Sun Tour finishing in Ballarat on Sunday, riders will enjoy a week's rest before heading to Bundaberg for the start of the $60,000 Jayco Tour of Queensland, which starts on November 3.
Photography
Images by Shane Goss/Cyclingnews.com/www.licoricegallery.com
- The Barloworld team before stage 12 at Echuca
- Hey isn't that the yellow jersey?
- Tim Johnson and Hector Morales both riding for Active for Life broke clear near the finish to stage twelve at Echuca
- Luke Roberts (Emu Spirit_Apsco) looking good in yellow
- Stage twelve was a 40 lap criterium of an 850 metre curcuit inEchuca over 34km
- Riders in the home straight in stage twelve at Echuca on theHerald Sun Tour
- Tiaan Kannemeyer (Barloworld) in action at Echuca on thepenultimate day of the Herald Sun Tour
- Race leader Luke Roberts (Emu Spirit_Apsco) leans into acorner during the criterium on day ten of the Herald Sun Tour
- Hilton Clarke (Barloworld) looking for another stage win inthis year's Tour
- The peloton make its way into the home straight at Echucabefore another large crowd on the Tour
- Roses are red, violets are blue i love the Herald Sun Tour and sodo you
- I beg your pardon I never promised you a yellow jersey
- Robert Mclachlan (Caravello) has been a strong performerduring this year's tour
- Riders swerve over the road in action from stage twelve of theHerald Sun Tour
- Chasing riders after the main bunch at Echuca on day ten ofthe Tour
- Riders warm up prior to the start of stage twelve at Echuca
- The field snakes its way down the street in Echuca during the 40 lap criterium
- Former race leader Jamie Drew (Jayco) leads Jeremy Hunt (Malaysia Airlines) around a bend at Echuca
- Tony Mann (Caravello) in front of Eric Wohlberg (Active for Life) in the 34km criterium on stage twelve
- Sean Sullivan (Barloworld) in second wheel the only Tasmanian in the event and top ten for most of the Tour
- Look mum no hands and on the Herald Sun Tour
- The yellow jersey in the 2003 Vic Roads Herald Sun Tour
- Riders flash past on their way to completing 1195 kilometres in the 2003 Vic Roads Herald Sun Tour
- Tim Johnson and Jorge Libonatti both riding for the Active forLife team on the Herald Sun Tour
- Hector Morales claps teamate Tim Johnson both of Active forLife over the line at Echuca on stage twelve
- The podium after stage twelve from left Hector Morales (Active for Life) second Tim Johnson (Active for Life) first and Brett Aitken (Rio Coffee) third
- Winner Tim Johnson (Active for Life) gives Brett Aitken (Rio Coffee) a spray of champers
- Tim Johnson (Active for Life) cools down teamate Hector Morales
Results
1 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 45.16 2 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 3 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 0.15 4 Alex Candelario (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 5 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco 6 Peter Milostic (Aus) FRF Couriers 7 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 8 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 9 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 10 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 11 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 12 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Malaysia Airlines 13 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 14 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 15 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 16 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 17 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 18 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 19 Alvaro Tardaguila (Uru) Echuca-Moama 20 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Caravello 21 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Vicroads 22 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 23 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 24 Jaco de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 25 Gerado Castro (Uru) Echuca-Moama 26 Anthony Challinor (Aus) FRF Couriers 27 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 28 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 29 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 30 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 31 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 32 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 33 Andrew Graham (Aus) FRF Couriers 34 Chris Bradford (Aus) Subaru 35 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 36 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 37 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Pelaco 38 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Echuca-Moama 39 George Vallins (Aus) Vicroads 40 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 41 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka! 42 Paul Manning (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 43 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Pelaco 0.27 44 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Rio Coffee 45 Matthew Goold (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 46 Ashley Baines (Aus) Subaru 47 Brian Steel (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 48 Scott Moninger (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 49 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 50 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 51 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco 52 Luis Fernando Sepulveda (Chi) City Of Melbourne 53 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Team Warrnambool 54 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Pelaco 55 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 56 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) FRF Couriers 57 Troy Glennan (Aus) FRF Couriers 58 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Vicroads 59 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Team Warrnambool 0.58 60 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Caravello 2.08 61 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 62 Milton Wynants (Uru) Echuca-Moama 63 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 64 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 4.28 65 Joel Pearson (Aus) Subaru 66 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Emu Spirit-Apsco 5.38 67 Colin Thornton (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 68 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 69 Jose Medina (Chi) City Of Melbourne 70 Tim Decker (Aus) Subaru 6.48 71 Luke Weir (Aus) City Of Melbourne 72 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 7.58 73 James Hannam (Aus) Rio Coffee 74 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Subaru 9.08 Sprints End of Lap 6 1 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 3 pts 2 Alex Candelario (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 2 3 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Malaysia Airlines 1 End of Lap 8 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 3 pts 2 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 2 3 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 1 End of Lap 10 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 3 pts 2 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 2 3 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 1 End of Lap 12 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 3 pts 2 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 2 3 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 1 End of Lap 14 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 3 pts 2 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco 2 3 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 1 End of Lap 16 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 3 pts 2 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 2 3 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 1 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 3 pts 2 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 2 3 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 1 End of Lap 20 1 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco 3 pts 2 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 2 3 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 1 1 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 3 pts 2 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 2 3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 1 End of Lap 24 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 3 pts 2 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 2 3 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 1 End of Lap 26 1 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 3 pts 2 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 2 3 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 1 End of Lap 28 1 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco 3 pts 2 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 2 3 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 1 End of Lap 30 1 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 3 pts 2 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 2 3 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Pelaco 1 End of Lap 32 1 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 3 pts 2 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 2 3 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 1 End of Lap 34 1 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 3 pts 2 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 2 3 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 1 End of Lap 36 1 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 3 pts 2 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 2 3 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Pelaco 1 General Classification after stage 12 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 26.51.44 2 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 0.25 3 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 0.39 4 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco 0.45 5 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 1.06 6 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 1.30 7 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 1.39 8 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 2.11 9 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 2.16 10 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 2.53 11 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 3.30 12 Scott Moninger (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 4.16 13 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Malaysia Airlines 4.29 14 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 5.28 15 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 5.38 16 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 5.40 17 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 5.56 18 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 6.11 19 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 7.55 20 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Vicroads 9.30 21 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 10.59 22 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 11.33 23 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka! 11.55 24 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 11.59 25 Milton Wynants (Uru) Echuca-Moama 16.36 26 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Rio Coffee 17.22 27 Matthew Goold (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 18.55 28 Peter Milostic (Aus) FRF Couriers 20.42 29 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 21.11 30 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 22.03 31 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 25.25 32 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 25.34 33 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Pelaco 27.15 34 Paul Manning (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 28.52 35 Chris Bradford (Aus) Subaru 30.14 36 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Emu Spirit-Apsco 31.38 37 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 33.24 38 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 36.05 39 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 36.56 40 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 37.13 41 Jaco de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 39.28 42 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Caravello 42.12 43 Alex Candelario (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 44.09 44 George Vallins (Aus) Vicroads 44.34 45 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 46.04 46 Andrew Graham (Aus) FRF Couriers 49.48 47 Joel Pearson (Aus) Subaru 50.05 48 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) FRF Couriers 51.08 49 Luis Fernando Sepulveda (Chi) City Of Melbourne 52.13 50 Gerado Castro (Uru) Echuca-Moama 58.07 51 Jose Medina (Chi) City Of Melbourne 1.01.29 52 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Pelaco 1.04.21 53 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Team Warrnambool 1.05.21 54 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 1.05.47 55 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 1.07.41 56 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Pelaco 1.08.22 57 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 1.08.28 58 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco 1.10.01 59 Brian Steel (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 1.10.33 60 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Caravello 1.11.08 61 Anthony Challinor (Aus) FRF Couriers 1.13.07 62 Troy Glennan (Aus) FRF Couriers 1.14.19 63 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Vicroads 1.18.44 64 James Hannam (Aus) Rio Coffee 1.19.06 65 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Team Warrnambool 1.20.26 66 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Subaru 1.26.03 67 Ashley Baines (Aus) Subaru 1.27.50 68 Alvaro Tardaguila (Uru) Echuca-Moama 1.27.51 69 Luke Weir (Aus) City Of Melbourne 1.31.02 70 Colin Thornton (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 1.32.16 71 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 1.37.41 72 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Echuca-Moama 1.49.47 73 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 1.51.47 74 Tim Decker (Aus) Subaru 2.15.36 Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco $500 2 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello $300 3 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco $300 4 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines $200 5 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee $200 6 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco $200 7 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco $200 8 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry $200 9 Paul Manning (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry $200 10 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life $200 11 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld $200 12 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld $200 13 Chris Bradford (Aus) Subaru $200 14 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength $100 15 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life $100 Team Classification 1 Malaysia Airlines 80.41.07 2 Active For Life 1.09 3 Emu Spirit / Apsco 3.24 4 Jayco 20.36 5 Europcar / Pelaco 23.26 6 Barloworld 25.15 7 Ballarat Eureka 43.26 8 Caravello 46.29 9 Bendigo Building Industry 47.00 10 Vic Roads 1.07.48 11 Team Warrnambool 1.11.00 12 Rio Coffee 1.14.51 13 City Of Melbourne 1.30.20 14 Subaru 1.37.20 15 FRF Couriers 1.43.28 16 Echuca - Moama 2.17.30 17 Carlton Midstrength 2.48.37 Sprint Championship 1 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco 60 pts 2 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 35 3 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 34 4 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 33 5 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 32 6 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 28 7 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 23 8 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 22 9 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 21 10 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Malaysia Airlines 21 11 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 21 12 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 18 13 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 18 14 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 17 15 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 14 16 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 14 17 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 13 18 Milton Wynants (Uru) Echuca-Moama 12 19 Matthew Goold (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 11 20 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 11 21 Scott Moninger (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 11 22 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 10 23 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 9 24 Luis Fernando Sepulveda (Chi) City Of Melbourne 9 25 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 9 26 Paul Manning (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 8 27 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 8 28 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 8 29 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 7 30 Troy Glennan (Aus) FRF Couriers 7 31 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 7 32 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Pelaco 6 33 Anthony Challinor (Aus) FRF Couriers 6 34 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 6 35 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Pelaco 5 36 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Caravello 5 37 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Rio Coffee 4 38 Jaco de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 4 39 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 4 40 Chris Bradford (Aus) Subaru 4 41 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 4 42 Alex Candelario (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 3 43 Jose Medina (Chi) City Of Melbourne 3 44 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Pelaco 2 45 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Echuca-Moama 2 46 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 2 47 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 2 48 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Emu Spirit-Apsco 2 49 Andrew Graham (Aus) FRF Couriers 2 50 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco 1 51 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 1 52 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Subaru 1 Mountains classification 1 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 58 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 23 3 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 19 4 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 15 5 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 15 6 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 15 7 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 13 8 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 13 9 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 13 10 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco 11 11 Anthony Challinor (Aus) FRF Couriers 10 12 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 9 13 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 8 14 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 8 15 Chris Bradford (Aus) Subaru 7 16 Jaco de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 7 17 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 6 18 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 5 19 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 5 20 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 4 21 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Subaru 3 22 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 3 23 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 3 24 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 2 25 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 2 26 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Caravello 2 27 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 2 28 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka! 1 29 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 1 30 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Emu Spirit-Apsco 1 Criterium Championship 1 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 20 pts 2 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 18 3 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 14 4 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 14 5 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 12 6 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 10 7 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 10 8 Matthew Goold (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 9 9 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Malaysia Airlines 9 10 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 9 11 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 9 12 Paul Manning (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 8 13 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 7 14 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 7 15 Alex Candelario (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 7 16 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 7 17 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Pelaco 6 18 Milton Wynants (Uru) Echuca-Moama 6 19 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco 6 20 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 6 21 Peter Milostic (Aus) FRF Couriers 5 22 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 3 23 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 3 24 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 2 25 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 1 26 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 1 27 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 1 Leading Australian Based Rider Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello
